Sunflower heads

[juliawitt]

My sunflowers are done, so I have cut off the heads. These sunflowers made the white nuts with black stripes. I know they can have black sunflower seeds, but didn't know about these white and black ones. Can I give them to my chickens....just throw the heads in and let them pick out the nuts? Or do I need to dry them or something first?

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

You can throw the entire head in and let them pick out what they want. I don't know why, but mine are picky about some varieties. Maybe is has to do with the amount of meat in each seed. Most likely though, your birds will love it.

 

[BellevueOmlet]

I call it the chicken lolipop! They love it and it is good for them.

 

[juliawitt]

My girls must be from the 'short' bus....they just looked at the heads like I was crazy. However, I broke up the heads and started scattering the seeds...well, that was a different story. They still haven't realized the seeds came from the flower heads but, they are eating them if I do all the hard work...LOL

 

[top of the hill]

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lol!

I did this the other day, they totally just stared at me like "what the heck is that thing" but once I broke those seeds out, it was a chicken feeding frenzy!!

 

[RollinWithTheStones]

I cut them off and put them through the soars of the run. It is the only time the cooperate.